Shanam Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Shanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 448 | 1:1,712,200 | 61,807 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shanam (742) may also be a first name.
Shanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shanam (Hindi: शानम, Marathi: शानम, Tibetan: ཤ་ནམས།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 630,290th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,025,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Shanam reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 301,975th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 742 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 1,712,200. In India Shanam is most common in: Telangana, where 53 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 38 percent reside and Bihar, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanam in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤ་ནམས། | shanam | - |
| Shanam in the Hindi language | ||
| शानम | sanama | 62.8 |
| शनम | sanama | 34.76 |
| शबनम | sabanama | 1.83 |
| सानम | sanama | 0.61 |
| Shanam in the Marathi language | ||
| शानम | sanama | 60 |
| शनम | sanama | 16.67 |
| शबनम | sabanama | 13.33 |
| शनाम | sanama | 3.33 |
| शानाम | sanama | 3.33 |
| शाणम | sanama | 3.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shanam
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